Token



IVI. V. BAUER.

l TOKEN. APPLICATION FILED SE PT.19. 1919.

Patented Sept. v21, 1920.

' Iza/azz Z 01- I Mani/@ Piola/.Bauen condition. lncidentally the invention con- Unirse stares @til-ttt* MARTHA vIoLA BAUER, or wAsHrNeroN, n'rsrnro'r or containers.

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I Specification of Letters raten-t. I' Patentied Sept, 2j, 11920 Application tiled (September 19, v1919. Serial 30.324,859.

To all 'uiwin t concern.' y

Be it known that I, MARTHA VIOLA BAUER, a citizen of the United States, residing at l/Vashington, District of Columbia, have invv-vented certain new fand useful Improvements in rlokens, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tokens and more particularly to a token lwhich may be pre"- sented as an expression of friendship or admiration and which will be highly ornamental and at the same time possess-utility as' a support or container for fruit, flowers or confections.

Anobject of thel invention is provide i a token so constructed that fruit, flowers and L confections may lie-arranged therein or supported thereby in a highl attractive and pleasingmanner which 'willygreatl enhance the ornamental appearance of te article as well as displaying the gift of fruit, {iowers and confections to the best. advantage.

\ Y Another object of the invention is to lprovide a novel, attractive, and convenient ar-A templates so arranging the font :for con taining the water that the same will' serve as a means for preventing-collapse of the article when set up for use or display, and

which font will at the Sametime be collapsible so that initially the article may be folded to substantially dat form to permit ot more convenient packing for storage and shi ment. y i

lhe invention has as another object to provide a novel means for individually sup-1` porting pieces of fruit in' an attractive manner 'and so that the same will :not be liable to become bruised or be accidentally dropped from the article. f

ln the accompanying drawings:

` Figure l is a front elevation of the token embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional lview therethrough, parts being shown in elevation.

A3 which projects forwardl rh@ mais oneste essentiany of in easel indicated .in general by the numeral l and preferably stamped or otherwise formed from sheet metal although any other materml suitable for the purpose may be employed ln the illustrated embodiment of the invention, that plate is heart shaped and 1s provided at its lower end or, in other words, at the apex of the heart with a foot piece indicated by the numeral 2. 'lhe marginal portion of the plate may be scalloped or ornamented in any. other desired marmer, the drawings illustrating a scalloped a-nge from the plate at the margin thereof. serves as a rest for the lower end of the easel, and thesplate comprising the e'aselis stamped or otherwise provided with an image 4 representing Cupid. It Iwill be understood, of course, that the plate at its said ,lo-wer end may bear some other image and in factit may be stated at this vpoint that the art1cle as a whole may b e fashioned in var1ous deslgns to render itappropriate for seasons, as for example Easter, Christmas, New Year or St. Valentines Day, or it may be of a design representative of some par-v ticular occasion or event, and therefore neither the image 4 illustrated/in the draw-l ings nor an` `other ornamental `details are to be consi ered as controlling but on the other hand merely'as illustrative of the general invention.

ln the present embodiment of the inven- KYtion the plate comprising the easel is stampedor pressed in above the image 4 `to provide one or more pockets 5 ot any suitable size and contour and design to receivel pieces oil finit or the like, the pockets being of a eneral semispherical contour as illustrated in. Fig. `2 "so as to support 'the fruit in such manneras to prevent its acci- 'derdaalY dropping from the easel and yet in a manner to attractively display'the fruit. rl`hus in the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the easel will be supported,` as will be presently explained in an inclined osition,` and it is therefore desirable to so crm the pockets 5 that the lowerniost portions or bottoms oi these poclets,findicated by the numeral 6, will be located slightly below the lowerrnost points off the open fronts ol the pockets so that the fruit may he foot piece 2' i presentation during the dierent holiday Y @il t understood. that the compamment la may be integrally stamped trom .yet nearly the ln order that flowers, the plate the article may lsupport is termed throughout the portion oit lits area immediately above the is indicated by pockets 5, and which area the numeral 7, withv a plurality of openings or perforations 8 through which may be introduced the stems of. the' dowers, in the manner clearly shown in `lBig. 2- of the drawings. Upon being inserted through the openings or perforations 8', the stems or the flowers, indicated by the numeral 9, will de pend behind the plate comprising the easel and within the Water. font which is provided in connection with the said plate. `-This lont which is indicated in generall by the 'numeral .10', is in the nature of al bag or 'bowl llof some suitable flexible waterproof material such torexample as rubber .and the saidbag is secured in any suitable manner at its upper edge' to the rear side of the 3 attheopposite edges .of the plate and deplate, the mouth of the bag extending about orbounding the Ymargin ot the perforated area 7. Furthermore, the bag is also so shaped and'of 'such' size that while it will be adapted to contain a sucient volume ot water to immerse the lower ends or the stems I of the lowers,it will not be exposed to the view of one looking at the token from the iront-` 'lhe Water maybe introduced into the bagin any suitable manner 'as tor er.` ample ley/'inserting a tunnel in an opening l1 in the` bag' and pouring the water through said funnel, and itmay be 'found desirable, 1n order to prevent water running :from kthe surface of the portion 7 'into the pockets 5 or into the conieotioncompartment to be presently explained, to' form the plate at its forward tace with an outstandingjiiange 12 extending between the `flanges iiningth'e line or -division between theoclrets; and the area 7,' anda similar ange i3l may be provided upon the face of the and divide the upper porpartment above mentioned. 'llhus through the medium of the danges 3, the area 7 is surrounded by' a wall which: will prevent 1 overllow ot the water poured upon the area tev p 7 in hlling the bagl'l.

'.lhe confection compartment heretofore referred fro-is indicated' in general by' the numeral it and thee is located immediatelv above theperitorated area 7, 'being bouiniled by the llange 13 and the portions olf the tlanges 3 which entend at the upper side oir' the plated ot the device. llt will be ol the plate although it desired the comreadily arranged within `and open at p priate reading matter.

the same comprises tal collapse or the props is prevented. A

provided at its lower end the upper portion recare@ to constitute the upper portion oi the article.

lhe compartment it may be relatively shallow or relatively-deep andthe same is `open at its iront vso that the contection's may be the compartment andwill'be attractively exposed to view as clearly. shown in Fig. l of the drawings. `Also this arrangement permits of the ready removal ol any individual piece oi the as sortment without disturbing any other por.-

tion of the article.

Short uprightsor standards l5 extend upf -wardly from the upper side ot the compartment ld and support a'card holder which is .indicar/edwin general by the numeral lo and which comprises a suitable iraumel l7 open as indicated bythe numeral 18, its `lront as at 19 or provided with Va transparent pane, either a's'desired. Any suitable card 20 maybe introduced into the card holder through the open top at its top,

,18 thereof and such oard-may bear any suitable verse or other `reading matter approto the occasion, or this card may bethe card ont the donoror the donors name may appear upon thecard which bears'the lliV desired, an ornamental portion 2l may depend from the lower side of the `card holder i6 and may bear any` ap ropriate reading vmatteroir-legend.'

n order to support the easel in inclined position, la prop or nected at `their upper ends as at 2d to the rear side or ,bottom oiE the compartment lil and being thusadapted to beiolded to position approximately lparallel to the plane oil the plate comprising the easel when the article` is to 'be packed for shipment. When the props 22 are in supporti position, the bag ll. will be more or less distended and will substantially hll the space between the props 22 and the pockets 5 so thataccidenll-liow-- over, the bag is with a .drain valve 25 by means ot which the'water within the bag may be emptied or discharged, whereupon it willcollapse or.

may be collapsed andthe props 22 may be swung to substantially. parallel position `with relation to the plate.

'Having thus l described the linventiom what is claimed as new is: n'

l. A token comprising an easel having a dower stem receiving opening therein, ya pro .loldably connected with the easel, and aco lapsible water tout supported upon the rear side oil the easel between the same and the said prop and having its interior in rest 22 is provided and.` legs 23 hingedly con-r vet lll@

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communication with the opening, the ront constituting means lor preventing accidene 'tal 'fielding oif the prop when the lont is tendedby itscontentsi E2. A teken comprising aneasel having an top united at its margin to the easel along article receiving pocketv formed therein and a line bounding the said area. having 'an open side presented at the face 4. A token comprising an easel having a l5 of the easel, the'lowermost portion of the flower stem receiving opening therein, a bottom of the pocket being located in a prop for the easel hinged at its upper end plane below the lowermost portion of the to the rear side of the easel, and a collapsible open side of the pocket. Water font supported upon the rear of the 3. A token comprising an easel having a easel between the same and the prop and 20 perforated area, the perforations inthe area having ,its inteiiolr in communication With -10 being designed to receive the stems of Howthe opening.

ers, and a Water font supported upon the In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

rear side of the easel and having an open MARTHA VIGLA BAUER. [1.. s] 

